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Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Date: 1934
Description: A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933...
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Wright's Model For Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Barman — Dan

Date: 1932
Description: Dan bartending at Bill's Bar.
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Hamilton Twine Mills Employees Eating Lunch

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female workers eating lunch inside the cafeteria at International Harvester's Hamilton Twine Mills, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Building Mower Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of workers building sickle bars for mowers at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
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Women Working in Canvas Department of McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of women workers measuring, cutting and sewing sections of canvas for binder back curtains, combine hoods and curtains, burlap bags,...
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Workers Cutting Sheet Metal at Deering Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers cutting pieces of sheet metal at Internaitonal Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company before 190...
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Technician Repainting Ensilage Cutter Wheels

Date: 11 02 1937
Description: Technician repainting McCormick-Deering ensilage cutter wheels inside the paint shop at an International Harvester dealership.
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Female Workers at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: Female factory workers assembling parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Tractor Works' Foreign Shipping Room

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Elevated view of new McCormick-Deering T-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) await transfer in the foreign shipping room at International Harvester's Tracto...
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Inspecting Pistons at Tractor Works

Date: 07 29 1936
Description: Factory worker inspects tractor pistons at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Regina Groves at Her Desk

Date: 02 17 1938
Description: Regina Groves (Mrs. Earl Barnhart), sitting at her desk, operating an interdepartment communication system at the Groves School for Secretaries. Behind her...
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Mrs. Kate Gay's Living Room

Date: 12 18 1937
Description: Mrs. Kate (widow of Leonard) Gay's living room, looking north, Apartment 101, Lyon Apartment Building, 330 N. Carroll Street.
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McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 06 02 1937
Description: An interior view of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, 507 State Street, with soda fountain & bar. The front door and front window are in the background.
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Air Collection Machinery

Date: 01 11 1937
Description: Air filtration machinery and piping at the Gisholt Plant located in the 1200 — 1300 blocks of East Washington Avenue.
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Air Collection Machinery

Date: 01 11 1937
Description: Air filtration machinery and piping at the Gisholt Plant, located in the 1200 - 1300 blocks East Washington Avenue.
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Wisconsin General Hospital Room

Date: 09 24 1936
Description: Wisconsin General Hospital room with bed, dresser, bedside stand with lamp, two chairs and a free-standing screen, 1300 University Avenue.
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Wisconsin Dairy & Food Division Laboratory

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division biological laboratory, 1 W. Wilson Street.
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Room in Park Hotel

Date: 02 11 1936
Description: Interior view of Park Hotel hotel room with twin beds. The shades are pulled closed.
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Park Hotel Guest Room

Date: 02 11 1936
Description: Interior view of a Park Hotel guest room with twin beds.

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